#11

Sam Ehlinger

Former quarterback at Texas. 2020: 2,566 passing yards, 26 TD, 5 INT.

QB · Texas · Sr. · #11

6′3″ · 225 lb · Austin, TX

All-ConferenceIndianapolis — drafted 2021, Rd 6, Pick 34, #218 overall

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 119 nationally · Signed with Texas

Statement game426 yds · 5 TDvs UTEP (FBS) · W 59-3

Top 1% passing yards game since 2021.

Ehlinger out here throwing better blocks than his O liner/CFB game thread · ▲ 23His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Texas. 2020: 2,566 passing yards, 26 TD, 5 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2017.
Drafted round 6 by the Indianapolis in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas, 11,438 passing yards — drafted at #218 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 380 yds vs Kansas State.Kansas State · W 40-342017

20179 games

Signed with Texas4-star out of Austin Westlake

20209 games

All-Big 12second

2021

Drafted by Indianapolisround 6, pick 218

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#119 national

CFB

College

Texas

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #218

Indianapolis · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

1 coach

2017–2020

Tom Herman

Texas

Played his entire career under Tom Herman.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 6th NFL season

#218Rd 6 · Pick 34

IndianapolisEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Tom Herman — 32-18 over that span.

2017Texas7-6HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Texas10-4HC: Tom Herman · Run-leaning

2019Texas8-5HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2020Texas7-3HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass tds (93rd percentile). Strength: rush tds (93rd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Pass TDs#9 / 141 · 93rd pct

Rush TDs#8 / 141 · 93rd pct

Pass yards#16 / 141 · 89th pct

2566

Rush yards#21 / 141 · 85th pct

378

Yards / att#46 / 141 · 67th pct

8.0

Interceptions#63 / 141 · 50th pct

Completion %#86 / 141 · 39th pct

60.2%

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

187/315 (59.4%) · 26 TD · 5 INT

315 of 322 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

7.9630 of 171 QBs

Sack rate

6.1%86 of 171 QBs

Rarely sacked (86 of 171 QBs) and still 30 of 171 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

50%of completions

93 comp4.5 yds avg10 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

32%of completions

59 comp12.9 yds avg3 TD

Deep

20+ yds

19%of completions

35 comp35.8 yds avg6 TD

Overall 59.4% completion on 315 attempts · 35 deep completions averaging 35.8 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	283	2.6	9.5	0.4
Road4g	248	3.0	6.8	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-74g	303	4.0	7.9	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	239	1.8	8.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Texas	194	322	60.2%	2,566	8.0	26	5	150.7	58	--	--
2019	Texas	296	454	65.2%	3,663	8.1	32	10	151.8	--	--	--
2018	Texas	274	424	64.6%	3,294	7.8	25	5	147.0	--	--	--
2017	Texas	158	275	57.5%	1,915	7.0	11	7	124.1	--	--	--
Career		922	1,475	62.5%	11,438	7.8	94	27	145.0	58	--	--

Season	Team
2020	Texas	113	378	3.3	8	--
2019	Texas	163	663	4.1	7	--
2018	Texas	164	482	2.9	16	--
2017	Texas	114	385	3.4	2	--
Career		554	1,908	3.4	33	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2020

W 41–34

at Oklahoma State

169 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · -9 rush yds (13 car)

Edged out Oklahoma State on the road in a shootout.

With R. Bujcevski — 47 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 58 LONG · D. Jamison — 1 PD · 2 SOLO · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · UTEP · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.27Sam Ehlinger pass complete to Joshua Moore for 78 yds for a TD (Cameron Dicker KICK)
Week 8 · Baylor · 2&22 · Q2 · EPA +4.74Sam Ehlinger pass complete to Tarik Black for 72 yds to the Bayl 20 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Oklahoma State · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +4.64Brennan Eagles 41 Yd pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker Kick)
Week 10 · West Virginia · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +4.51Sam Ehlinger pass complete to Jake Smith for 33 yds for a TD (Cameron Dicker KICK)
Week 6 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -4.34Sam Ehlinger pass intercepted, touchback. Woodi Washington return for no gain
Week 5 · TCU · 3&25 · Q1 · EPA +4.30Sam Ehlinger pass complete to Jared Wiley for 52 yds to the TCU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Iowa State · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +4.19Sam Ehlinger pass complete to Brennan Eagles for 59 yds to the IowSt 4 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Iowa State · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA -3.87Sam Ehlinger run for no gain to the IowSt 13
Week 6 · Oklahoma · 2&19 · Q5 · EPA -3.54Sam Ehlinger pass intercepted Tre Brown return for no gain to the Okla 0
Week 4 · Texas Tech · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.51Joshua Moore 31 Yd pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week